Badgers Top Buckeyes in No. 2/No.1 Women's Meeting

In a battle of the current top two teams in NCAA Division I women's college hockey, it was the second-ranked squad that came out on top this time.

No. 2 Wisconsin overcame a two-goal deficit with four unanswered tallies in a 4-2 victory over visiting No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday evening before 2,273 on-lookers at LaBahn Arena in Madison. It was the Badgers' first win in four tries over the Buckeyes this season, following a 1-0 triumph over OSU in last season's NCAA title game in Duluth, Minn.

After Kenzie Hauswirth staked OSU to a 2-0 lead with two goals in the first 20 minutes, Casey O'Brien got the Badgers on the board early in the second stanza. O'Brien then tied the contest early in the third period, before Laila Edwards scored twice in the final eight minutes, including an empty-netter set up by O'Brien, to seal the victory.

Amanda Thiele finished with 20 stops for the Buckeyes (29-3-0 overall, 26-2-0 WCHA), while Ava McNaughton made 33 stops for the Badgers (29-5-0, 23-5-0). OSU still leads second-place Wisconsin by nine points for the top spot in the 2023-24 WCHA standings.